stay with me

Despite how delicately and carefully he continued to hold her and handle her, Emersyn could feel the tension building inside his powerful body. She could feel his muscles tense with his desire beneath her exploratory paws and see the wanton fire growing in those cool blue eyes. He surprised her when he caught her lips in a sweet, tender kiss, making the fae utter a quiet squeak of surprise. Her body went rigid—and then melted against his all at once. The taste of his mouth on hers sent her heart into a dizzying arrhythmia as her pulse reached peaks it hadn't before. Panic tried to rear its ugly head again, but she crushed it back down with the aid of Indigo. "Indy," she whispered back against his mouth, loving the way her name sounded in his voice, the name she had given too I'm out of trust rather than her pit fighter alias. She had trusted him with her most intimate parts of her life without any consequences, and now she was going to trust him even further.

Every inch of their bodies pressed together, her paws pulling at his mane as if she couldn't be close enough to him. Her tail beat nervously against the bed, little quivers of desire and panic making her squirm against him. She wanted this and she wanted him, all while she simultaneously rejected it. Desire for him and revulsion at herself waged emotional war in her heart. Segin had helped unlock a new side of her, but Indigo was going to be the one to bring the new her to full strength. His paw found her cheek, two sets of eyes meeting in the dark again. In hers lived a heated need and a cold fear, but his held nothing but softness and affection and love. Love—real, pure love. She remembered what he had said about Aslatiel, how she would always be his true love. For a brief moment, Em envied the woman. She had better know how good she had it. But for tonight, even if just for one night, she could dare to feel the same way. Aslatiel would have him forever, but Emersyn would get what she needed tonight.

Emersyn squeezed her eyes shut, letting darkness take her while he brought his lips to hers again, letting the rush of heat burn away all the fear and dread and pain she'd been carrying in her soul. She kissed him back with the same fathomless need, her paws snaking around his neck to tangle in the back of his mane and crush her lips desperately to his. This was how she would recover. If she never did this, never took the chance to push herself out of her quagmire of trauma, then she would never get better. She pulled Indy to her, a soft whine sounding in her throat while she pushed all of her body to his, urging him to envelop her and claim her from her demons. As he positioned himself and she found her place against his hips, the last thrill of fear and doubt rushed through her heart. Em broke their kiss and whispered a quiet command against his mouth.

"Don't stop..."

- fade -

"Emersyn"